SAT0385 Immunogenicity, Tnf-Inhibitors Levels and Disease Outcomes in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Results from An Observational Cohort Study

Background Up to one third of spondylarthritis (SpA) fail to respond to anti-TNF agents or experience drug toxicity leading to treatment withdrawal. Part of the treatment failure can be explained by the development of anti-drug antibodies (ADA). Objectives To evaluate the relation between immunogenicity, drug levels and clinical efficacy of TNF inhibitors (TNF-i) in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods We performed a prospective observational study in a cohort of 47 consecutive AS patients receiving adalimumab (ADL) (13; 27.7%), infliximab (IFX) (13; 27.7%) or etanercept (ETN) (21; 44.7%). Disease Disease activity (BASDAI, ASDAS), outcomes and adverse events were evaluated at baseline and study visit, while serum TNF-i and ADA levels collected as a single-point data in both bio-naive (37, 78.7%) and bio-experimented patients. Serum drug levels were considered positive for IFX if >0.035 μg/mL, for ADL >0.024 μg/mL and for ETN >0.035 μg/mL, while the cut-off value for the ADA positivity to IFX was established at 5AU/ml, for ADL at 10AU/mL and ETN at 142 AU/mL (ELISA, Progenika). Statistical analysis was performed using SSPS version 19.0, p Results At baseline mean BASDAI was 7.69 and mean ASDAS-CRP 3.50, with no difference in disease activity between patients who did or did not later develop ADA (p ADA were detected in 8/47 (17%) and were more frequent in patients treated with ADL (5 cases; 38.5%) vs IFX (3 cases; 23.1%); no with ETN. Both ADL and IFX levels were significantly higher for ADA negative than for ADA positive patients (ADL: 3.92μg/mL vs 0.02μg/mL, p vs 0.03 μg/mL, p A significant association between clinical activity (ASDAS) and immunogenicity (ADA status) was reported: patients who had developed ADA had higher disease activity (3.10 vs 1.73, p Furthermore, a relation between clinical improvement (change in ASDAS) and immunogenicity was reported: ADA-positive AS achieved worse clinical response than ADA-negative cases, with a significant association between ADL respectively IFX levels and ASDAS (p Conclusions ADL and IFX levels are commonly influenced by ADA-positivity, and related to clinical response in AS, suggesting that therapeutic drug monitoring should be investigated as a possible tool to optimise treatment such patients. References Arstikyte I et al. Influence of Immunogenicity on the Efficacy of Long-Term Treatment with TNFα Blockers in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthritis Patients. BioMed Research International 2015 Hoxha A, et al. The clinical relevance of early anti-adalimumab antibodies detection in rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis: A prospective multicentre study. Joint Bone Spine 2015 Disclosure of Interest None declared